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79 lines
4.2 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health; clarify the use and effectiveness of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment forms"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to health, so as to clarify the use and effectiveness of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment forms; to provide alternate terminology for do not resuscitate orders; to amend other Code sections of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "SB 109"
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citation: "Georgia SB 109 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nan Orrock", "Renee Unterman"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-12"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1894943f-080c-49d5-86ef-d10ed4a5c0f4"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7e791b82d83e9c0d9fb89eb3c612453cce6cc9325004885b15885441351a9bdf"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 109 (2015_16) — Health; clarify the use and effectiveness of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment forms
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to health, so as to clarify the use and effectiveness of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment forms; to provide alternate terminology for do not resuscitate orders; to amend other Code sections of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced LC 33 5887** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147830.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151316.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 33 6092S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149911.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 1 AM 33 1539** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151235.pdf)
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5. **LC 33 6170S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152075.pdf)
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6. **Sb 109/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154019.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **44–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
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- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-12** Senate Hopper
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- **2015-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-31** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-05** Act 55 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1894943f-080c-49d5-86ef-d10ed4a5c0f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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